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56. FTD Replicates Oracle Data for Volume Peaks
Background
FTD is the world’s leading provider of floral-
related products and services
Processes 15M+ orders annually through 20,000
retail florists in the US
The ARGO System Project
FTD deployed new shipping administration
system (ARGO)
ARGO’s performance deteriorated during peak
holiday loads
Oracle-based system couldn’t handle peak
reporting volumes
Off-load reporting data form Oracle to Postgres
using Postgres Plus Replication Server
Why Postgres
No major changes required to run Oracle apps
on Postgres
Project completed in 6 weeks (Valentines Day
Mother’s Day)
Out of the Box Compatibility with existing
database
Improved Vendor Service – response times
decreased dramatically
Performance of order processing systems
improved 400% by offloading reporting to
Postgres
“When someone comes in at a sixth of the cost [of Oracle]
and 500 times the customer service, that makes it very
easy.”
Jason Weiss, Software Architect